The Maldon-Dombarton Rail Link: Lost Sydney

The Maldon-Dombarton Rail Link was a proposed freight railway on the far outskirts of Sydney that commenced construction in 1983. And yet, the project has remained unfinished for 35 years. Hints can still be seen of this proposed railway, most notably the Bridge to Nowhere, with incomplete spans that sit on either side of the Nepean River, never joined together as once planned. So, why was this railway never finished? Find out in this video.

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Links:
NSWRail Photo Album of the Maldon-Dombarton Railway: https://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.ph...
Flickr Photo Album of the Maldon-Dombarton Railway: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gunzel4...
My annotated map outlining the abandoned route of the railway (including pics!): https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi...
The 1983 EIS for the project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DZuC...
The 2011 Feasibility Study into the project that ultimately recommended against construction: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UxlP...
A 2010 report into an Illawarra-Macarthur rail link that strongly recommended constructing the railway: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iTOJ...

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